March 31 - April 3, 2027 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
96th AABA
Annual Meeting
96th AABA
ABOUT AABA
The American Association of Biological Anthropologists, or AABA, is the world’s leading professional organization for biological anthropologists. Formed by 83 charter members in 1930, the AABA now has an international membership of over 2,200. The Association’s annual meetings draw more than two thousand scientists and students from all over the world.
Featured programs
Recommendations of the AABA Task Force on the Ethical Study of Human Remains
The AABA Task Force on the Ethical Study of Human Remains has published its recommendations in the American Journal of Biological Anthropology.
Congratulations to the 2026 AABA Award Winners!
Charles R. Darwin Lifetime Achievement Award: Clark Spencer Larsen
Gabriel W. Lasker Service Award: Lyle Konigsberg
AABA and Leakey Foundation Communication & Outreach Award in Honor of Camilla Smith: Himani Nautiyal
AABA Fundraising Drive
AABA has established two new funds to support programs that facilitate broader participation in AABA’s professional activities and that build, enhance, or repair the sense of community among the AABA membership. Invest in AABA’s future and make a donation!
IDEAS Program
The IDEAS Program’s workshops provide a team, a space, and a suite of activities to engage issues of scholarship, professional preparation, and community building.
Join or Renew Membership
As our members are diverse, membership in AABA is diverse in opportunity.The following membership opportunities are available to individuals wishing to join The American Association of Biological Anthropologists.
Jobs
Touro University California
Assistant or Associate Professor of Anatomy
Deadline: 5 January 2027
POSITION DESCRIPTION:Touro University California invites applications for a full-time, 12-month (non-tenure track), benefits-eligible, Assistant or Associate Professor in the Department of Foundational[...]
University of Nevada, Reno
Assistant Professor of Biological Anthropology
Deadline: 4 December 2026
The Department of Anthropology within the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Nevada, Reno invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track Assistant Professor position[...]University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Assistant Professor of Practice – Biology
Deadline: 1 December 2026
Assistant Professor of PracticeSchool of Biological Sciences
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
The School of Biological Sciences (SBS) in the College of Arts and Sciences[...]
University of Tennessee Knoxville
Post Doctoral Research Associate – Ecology & Evolutionary Biology (Ancient DNA): UTK
Deadline: 31 December 2026
Job DescriptionThe successful candidate will develop and apply molecular and computational methods to identify the biological sources of DNA recovered from diverse sample types.[...]
Featured Videos
Courses and Field Schools
Live Online course: Visual Skills for Communicating your Science
Registration is open for the live online course Visual Skills for Communicating your Science.Instructor: Dr. Cirenia Arias Baldrich.
Course webpage: https://www.transmittingscience.com/courses/scientific-communication/visual-skills-for-communicating-your-science/
Course: Introduction to (Micro-)CT Scanning: Acquisition, Segmentation and Postprocessing
Registration is open for the Transmitting Science live online course "Introduction to (Micro-)CT Scanning: Acquisition, Segmentation and Postprocessing".Course webpage:
https://www.transmittingscience.com/courses/imaging/introduction-to-micro-ct-scanning/
Live online course: Geometric Morphometrics in R
Registration is open for the Transmitting Science online course “Geometric Morphometrics in R” (12th edition).Dates & Schedule: July 20th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th,[...]