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
Congratulations to the 2025 AABA Award Winners!
Charles R. Darwin Lifetime Achievement Award: Kay Behrensmeyer
Gabriel W. Lasker Service Award: Lorena Madrigal
AABA and Leakey Foundation Communication & Outreach Award in Honor of Camilla Smith: Sang-Hee Lee
Be sure to vote in the 2025 Executive Committee Elections
Voting begins on Thursday, January 23, 2025 and concludes on February 28, 2025 (11:59 pm Hawaii Standard Time). Positions include one officer (Treasurer) and two committee chairs (Membership and Professional Development). To vote, Regular Members, including renewals through 2024 and lifetime Regular Members, will need to use membership credentials to login. If you need to renew your membership, you can do that on your home page and then vote immediately.
Submit your late-breaking science for presentation in Baltimore!
Present your late-breaking research at AABA in Baltimore! You can submit an abstract for a poster presentation at the upcoming annual meeting, which will be held from March 12-15, 2025 at the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront.
The submission deadline is February 1, 2025.
To submit your abstract and reserve your accommodations, please visit the meeting website.
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
Indiana University
Visiting Lecturer position in Bioarchaeology and Human Biology Indiana University Department of Anthropology and Human Biologyy Program
Deadline: 10 February 2025
The Department of Anthropology and The Human Biology Program in the College of Arts and Sciences at Indiana University invite applications for a one-year full-time[...]University at Albany (SUNY)
Postdoctoral Associate/Visiting Assistant Professor in Human Biology/Biological Anthropology
Deadline: 10 February 2025
The Department of Anthropology in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University at Albany, is seeking applicants for a Promoting Recruitment, Opportunity, Diversity,[...]The University of Texas at El Paso
Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Position
Deadline: 15 March 2025
University of Texas at El PasoJob Title: Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Position
Department: Sociology & Anthropology
Dr. Kyle Wiley’s newly created lab at the[...]
Arizona State University
Postdoctoral Position in Primate Evolutionary Genomics
Deadline: 25 January 2025
The Jensen and Pfeifer Labs at Arizona State University are searching for a joint postdoctoral researcher to study the evolutionary genomics of non-human primates, supported[...]