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Course live online Intro Bayesian Analyses, March 4-8, 2024
Registration is open for the course Introduction to Bayesian Inference in Practice – 8th edition. This course will be held live online (synchronous). Max 18[...]
2024 AABA EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ELECTION BALLOT
Steve Leigh
Vote for new members of the 2024 Executive Committee The AABA invites Regular members to cast votes for five Executive Committee positions this year, including[...]
Grant reviewing workshop at AABAs (registration required)
Are you an early career scholar? Would you like some tips and tricks for reviewing grant proposals and/or grant writing as a first-time PI? Do[...]
CARTA presents “Body Modification: Anatomy, Alteration, and Art in Anthropogeny” [Online-Only]
Join CARTA online! “Body Modification: Anatomy, Alteration, and Art in Anthropogeny“ is the topic of a FREE, virtual public symposium hosted by the CARTA: UC[...]
Upcoming Webinar: Towards A Publicly Engaged Biological Anthropology
Title: Towards A Publicly Engaged Biological Anthropology Date/time: January 30, 2024, 1:00 pm EST Webinar panelists: Dr. Kathryn (Katie) Ranhorn (she/her) Assistant Professor, School of[...]
Announcing the new Native American and Indigenous Biological Anthropologists group!
COD – NIBA Native American and Indigenous Biological Anthropologists Our mission is to cultivate a vibrant and supportive community for the next generation of Indigenous[...]
MSc in Forensic Osteology and Field Recovery Methods
University of Kent, School of Anthropology and Conservation is accepting applicants for an MSc in Forensic Osteology and Field Recovery Methods to start in September[...]
Announcing the new South Asian Biological Anthropologists interest group
Are you South Asian or do you have ties to the South Asian community? If your answer is YES, please join the new South Asian[...]
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The Sânpetru Bioarchaeology Fieldschool (Transylvania, Romania) – Summer 2024
Annamaria Diana
The Brasov Bioarchaeology Project have teamed up with the Institute for Field Research (IFR) to train students in the osteological analysis of medieval Transylvanian assemblages[...]
AABA 2024 presentation details notification
Kristi Lewton
All AABA 2024 presentation schedule notifications were sent to the email address associated with abstract submissions on 4 January 2024. If you did not receive[...]
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Take the Bioarchaeology Communications Survey
Katharine Kolpan
The SAA-BIG communications subcommittee has created a survey about how you’d like to receive bioarchaeology-related communications (link here: https://forms.gle/gE87pEKwZB1yg5iH9). The survey should only take about[...]
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Cobb Professional Development Grants due January 15, 2024
Lauren Schroeder
Are you an early career researcher (e.g., postdoctoral scholar, lecturer, or Assistant Professor)? Do you have a research idea that requires funding? Consider applying for[...]
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CARTA presents, “Comparative Anthropogeny and Other Approaches to Human Origins” (FREE: In person and livestreaming)
K. Lindsay Hunter
You’re invited! In person or livestreaming! “Comparative Anthropogeny and Other Approaches to Human Origins,” is the topic of a FREE, public symposium hosted by the[...]
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Early Career Liaison Applications
Amy Rector
Applications for the Early Career Liaison are due October[...]
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AABA IDEAS Program Student Scholar Applications – Deadline Extended
Graciela Cabana & Zane Thayer
The AABA IDEAS Program Workshop is now accepting applications for Student Scholars. Applications are due by Wednesday, November 8th, 2023 at 5pm Eastern. Visit this[...]
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Opportunity for undergrads: Ecology, Conservation and Behavioral Research in Argentina, Summer 2024
Eduardo Fernandez-Duque & Claudia Valeggia
Behavioral, Ecology, and Conservation Undergraduate Research in Argentina, Summer 2024 NSF-International Research Experience for Students. Join the Owl Monkey Project of Formosa-Argentina • Field site[...]
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AABA IDEAS: New Faculty Scholar Program. Applications Now Open!
Graciela Cabana & Zane Thayer
The AABA IDEAS Program Workshop is back! We have expanded the Program to include 9 Faculty Scholars, who will participate in our annual Wednesday Workshop[...]
2024 Abstract Submission Open
Kristi Lewton
The abstract submission portal for the 2024 conference in Los Angeles is now open! See here for complete abstract preparation and submission instructions: https://bioanth.org/meetings-and-webinars/93rd-annual-meeting-los-angeles-california-2024/abstract-submission-deadline-october-15-2023/ Abstracts[...]
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Live Online course Introduction to RNA-seq bioinformatic pipelines, October 24-31, 2023
Soledad De Esteban-Trivigno
Registration is open for the online edition of the course “Introduction to RNA-seq bioinformatic pipelines”. Dates and schedule: Online live sessions on 24, 26, 27,[...]
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Coordinator, SoHP and MHAAM
Lisa R. Lubarr
The Max Planck-Harvard Research Center for the Archaeoscience of the Ancient Mediterranean (MHAAM), a collaboration between The Initiative for the Science of the Human Past[...]
NSF Bio Anthro welcomes rotator program director
Rebecca Ferrell
The National Science Foundation, Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences Directorate is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Marta Alfonso-Durruty as a rotator Program Director[...]
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Live Online course Palaeoproteomics and Zooarchaeology by Mass Spectrometry (ZooMS), Nov 2-9, 2023
Soledad De Esteban-Trivigno
We are happy to announce the new Transmitting Science course: Palaeoproteomics and Zooarchaeology by Mass Spectrometry (ZooMS). Instructor: Dr. Michael Buckley (University of Manchester, UK).[...]
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Philipp Mitteroecker is the 2023 recipient of the Rohlf Medal for Excellence in Morphometric Methods and Applications
Eric Delson
On October 24, 2023 at Stony Brook University, the seventh Rohlf Medal for Excellence in Morphometric Methods and Applications will be awarded to Philipp Mitteroecker,[...]
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Live online course Introduction to the Analysis of Morphological Disparity, November 20-29, 2023
Soledad De Esteban-Trivigno
We are excited to announce our new course on “Introduction to the Analysis of Morphological Disparity” AABA members are entitled a 20 % discount on[...]
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Invited symposium proposal portal open
Kristi Lewton
The AABA Invited Symposium Proposal Portal is now open and accepting submissions until August 15, 2023 (11:59pm PDT). More information on how to submit your[...]
Journal of Human Evolution Virtual Special Issue for the Centenary of ‘Taung’: Open Call for Submissions
Andrea Taylor and Clément Zanolli
The year 2024 will mark the centenary of the discovery of the ‘Taung Child’, a cranium and mandible of a juvenile individual attributed to the[...]
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Forensic Sciences Courses
Dennis Dirkmaat, Ph.D., D-ABFA
Identifying the Recently Deceased: Bones, Teeth and DNA This week-long course will focus on methods and techniques used to establish positive identification in cases involving[...]
Survey of Donor Memorialization Practices at U.S. Religious Institutions
Bobbie Leeper
Good afternoon, I am writing to request your participation in a research study on Donor Memorialization Practices at U.S. Religious Institutions. If you agree to[...]
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Online course Care and Management of Natural History Collections, August 28th-September 8th
Soledad De Esteban-Trivigno
Registration is open for the online edition of the course Care and Management of Natural History Collections. AABA members are entitled 20 % discount on[...]
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MSc in Forensic Osteology and Field Recovery Methods
Patrick Mahoney
University of Kent, School of Anthropology and Conservation is accepting applicants for an MSc in Forensic Osteology and Field Recovery Methods to start in September[...]