News - AABA
2026 BeFRAIL webinar series open call
We are very happy to announce that alongside the programme of invited speakers we are currently composing for the third edition of the BeFRAIL webinar[...]
Fragmentary Human Osteology Short Course – The Ohio State University
The Ohio State University is offering an intensive, one week fragmentary osteology short course from 18-22 May 2026.
The target audience is professionals, graduate[...]
CUNY PhD Program in Biological Anthropology Virtual Open House
CUNY PhD Program in Biological Anthropology Virtual Open House
Friday December 5 at 2:00pm EST
The CUNY PhD Program in Biological Anthropology is[...]
XVII Congreso de la ALAB & XXIII Coloquio Internacional Juan Comas
We are very close to meeting again and enjoying together the joint realization of two key conferences for Latin American bioanthropology (the XVII ALAB Congress[...]
Survey on bipedalism
The IRN Bipedal Equilibrium is a program funded by the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Ecologie & Environnement. It studies bipedalism through a transdisciplinary,[...]
2026 Trent Bioarchaeology Field School
Continuing in 2026, the Trent Bioarchaeology Field School will be offering students an exciting, one-of-a-kind Canadian field experience. Established in 2017 under the direction of[...]
Costa Rica Field Course Dec 2025
Primate Behavior and Ecology, August 1st - 21th and December 6th a 21st.
This course on primate behavior and ecology is taught at the Camaquiri[...]
Survey on Fieldwork and the Environment
We’re partnering with the Leakey Foundation to better understand how anthropologists impact the environment during fieldwork. To do this, we’ve created a short survey (15–20[...]
NEW NSF DCL SUPPLEMENT FOR K-12 AI EDUCATION
NSF is pleased to announce a new DCL (Dear Colleague Letter) for supplements (pending availability of funds) to current NSF awardees for generating resources for[...]
The 2026 AABA IDEAS Program applications are now live!
We are accepting applications for all post-PhDs as IDEAS Program Faculty Scholars.
Faculty Scholars will participate in a Workshop along with IDEAS Student[...]
Texas Association of Biological Anthropologists (TABA)
The Texas Association of Biological Anthropologists (TABA) is a regional organization dedicated to research in biological anthropology including topics such as human variation and evolution,[...]
British Association for Biological Anthropology and Osteoarchaeology Annual Meeting
On behalf of the British Association for Biological Anthropology and Osteoarchaeology and Drs. Sarah Inskip and Anna Davies-Barrett at the University of Leicester, we are[...]
Postmortem Fingerprinting and Identification Course
This 4-day course focuses on identification of human remains through postmortem fingerprinting and DNA sampling, locating and documenting an advanced decomposition/skeletonized death scene, and the[...]
Ditsong National Museum of Natural History (South Africa) Fossil Casting Program
The Ditsong National Museum of Natural History (Pretoria, South Africa) is proud to announce the development of a new fossil casting program, in partnership with[...]
Human Anatomy Biomechanics Survey
My name is Gretchen Nemmers, and I am a PhD candidate in the Division of Anatomy at The Ohio State University. I am currently working[...]
Call for Applications: Doctoral Student Member of the Wenner-Gren Advisory Council
Dear Colleagues,
We are currently accepting applications from candidates for the doctoral student seat on Wenner-Gren's Advisory Council. If you know of advanced[...]
Online live course Geometric Morphometrics in R, July 28th – August 5th, 2025
Registration is open for Transmitting Science online course “Geometric Morphometrics in R”.
AABA members have a 20 % discount on the fee.
Dates:[...]
Latin American Biological Anthropology (ALAB)
The XXIII International Colloquium of Physical Anthropology “Juan Comas” and the XVII Conference of the Latin American Association of Biological Anthropology will be held jointly[...]
Course: Mapping Trait Evolution, end of May, 2025, online
Dear colleagues,
There are a few places available for the online course MAPPING TRAIT EVOLUTION.
Dates and schedule: Online live sessions on May[...]
XXIII International Juan Comas Colloquium: The Social Commitment of Biological Anthropology
The Mexican Association of Biological Anthropology and the Latin American Association of Biological Anthropology are sponsoring the XXIII International Juan Comas Colloquium on November[...]
Live Online course: Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) data analysis, May 2025
6th edition of Transmitting Science course “Manipulation of NGS Data for Genomic and Population Genetics Analyses”, which will be run online.
Course webpage: https://www.transmittingscience.com/courses/genetics-and-genomics/manipulation-ngs-data-genomic-population-genetics-analyses/[...]
Mapping Competencies in Medical Education: Visualizing the Role of Anthropology in Accreditation
ACCREDITATION IS A STRUCTURED ACCOUNTING OF HOW A HEALTH PROFESSIONS SCHOOL OPERATES.
HOW APPLICANTS ARE SELECTED, HOW THE CURRICULUM IS PRESENTED, HOW THE STUDENTS RECEIVE[...]
The Rohlf Medal for Excellence in Morphometric Methods and Applications: 2025 CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
The Rohlf Medal was established in 2006 by the family and friends of F. James Rohlf to mark his 70th birthday. He has been a[...]
BeFRAIL webinar series 2025 programme
The BeFRAIL project is happy to announce that the second BeFRAIL webinar series will be taking place between April and June 2025. The webinars will[...]
Online course “Care and Management of Natural History Collections”
Registration is open for Transmitting Science’s live online course “Care and Management of Natural History Collections”.
Dates and schedule: Online live sessions on May[...]
SSHB grants call 2025 now open! Deadline: 28th March
The Society for the Study of Human Biology (SSHB) offers small grants for postgraduate / early career research, for PGRs to travel to present their[...]
Call for Participants: Blunt Trauma Analysis Survey
Forensic practitioners, researchers, and students – your expertise is needed! Help us assess current practices in blunt trauma analysis by participating in a short, anonymous[...]
Huari-Ancash Bio-Archaeological Project: Field School Peru 2025
With over 20 years of experience, our research examines how changes in mortuary patterns were associated with transformations in the political and social organization between[...]
Anthropological Review invites submissions
Anthropological Review is the flagship journal of the Polish Anthropological Society and has been publishing original research and review articles in biological anthropology and related[...]