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
Fordham University
Non-Tenure-Track Lecturer in Biology Anthropology
Deadline: 1 October 2026
Fordham University’s Office of the Provost, Arts & Sciences, and Department of Sociology and Anthropology seek a non-tenure-track lecturer in biological anthropology to teach at[...]University of Toronto Mississauga
Assistant Professor in Palaeoanthropology
Deadline: 15 October 2026
The Department of Anthropology at the University of Toronto Mississauga invites applications for a full-time tenure stream position in the area of Palaeoanthropology, with a[...]Indiana University Bloomington
CRRES Postdoctoral Fellowship (including Anthropology with a focus on Human Biology)
Deadline: 30 September 2026
The Center for Research on Race and Ethnicity in Society (CRRES) at Indiana University, Bloomington, invites applications for a CRRES Postdoctoral Fellowship. The fellowship provides[...]The Wenner-Gren Foundation
President, Wenner-Gren Foundation
Deadline: 8 September 2026
PresidentThe Wenner-Gren Foundation
New York, New York
The Wenner-Gren Foundation, a highly respected private operating foundation dedicated to providing leadership in support of[...]
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Courses and Field Schools
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,[...]
Introduction to R
The Forensic Anthropology Center at Texas State is proud to host our own Dr. Elaine Chu's 3-Day Introduction to R course this August 10-12, 2026.[...]Online live course: Modelling and analysing multivariate traits evolution using R
Transmitting Science is offering a new edition of the course “Modelling and analysing multivariate traits evolution using R”.Course webpage: https://www.transmittingscience.com/courses/evolution/modelling-and-analysing-multivariate-traits-evolution-using-r/
The aim[...]