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You can now register for the 2020 AAPA Annual Meeting in Los Angeles and submit …

Under the auspices of the University of North Carolina-Greensboro, this program will provide young scholars with an exceptional study abroad experience at one of the world’s premier paleoanthropological sites: Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. The site was made famous by the excavations of Mary and Louis Leakey and is home to …

Course'MORPHOLOGICAL PHYLOGENETICS: PRINCIPLES, APPLICATIONS AND TECHNIQUES'

November 4th-8th, 2019, Crete (Greece)

An accurate reconstruction of evolutionary relationships among species is the cornerstone of evolutionary biology. Building phylogenetic trees thus provides the fundamental framework upon which systematic, biogeographic and evolutionary research operates. Morphological phylogenetics provides a unique toolkit for inferring …

The conference will take place December 9-10, 2019, at the Collège de France in Paris, France.

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The debate on the origins of venereal syphilis is more than 5 centuries old, with some supporters of an American origin versus those advocating an older infection that emerged in the Old World …

The revised AAPA Code of Conduct now applies to all AAPA-sponsored events.

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The Executive Committee is pleased to announce the development of a new annual award: The …

Course on ANATOMICAL NETWORK ANALYSIS (ANNA), Sept 23rd-27th, 2019, Barcelona (Spain)

Place: Sabadell, Barcelona (Spain …

The AAPA is now a registered non-profit organization with AmazonSmile, earning 0.5% of every …

The AJPA is soliciting applications for a Digital Fellow. The person selected will work with …

Recently, the AAPA Executive Committee and the AAAG endorsed the American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) statement on "The Responsibility to Recontact Research Participants after Reinterpretation of Genetic and Genomic Research Results," which was published in April 2019. In response to strong interest in learning more about this topic, the …

Rebecca Ferrell and and Holly Dunsworth held a panel/workshop at this past year's …

On behalf of the Czech Anthropological Society, I would like to invite you to 6th International Anthropological Congress of Dr. Aleš Hrdlička in Humpolec, Czech Republic. This congress is organized on the occasion of the 150th birth of the world-famous anthropologist Dr. Aleš Hrdlička. Presentations can cover all topics of …

Transmitting Science course "Geometric Morphometrics and Phylogeny" has open registration.

Dates: September 9th-13th, 2019, Barcelona …

Join the live webcast! "Anthropogeny: The Perspective from Africa” is the topic of a free …

Registration is open for Transmitting Science course: “Using Geiger, Phytools, and other Computational Tools to …

The 8th edition of our course "3D Geometric Morphometrics" has open registration.

Dates: August 19th-23rd …

The AAPA COD-AACT Committee report provides background and recommendations on current research concerning Student Evaluations …

NOMINATIONS DUE May 7th, 2019

Robert W. Sussman Award for Scientific Contributions to Anthropology Section H (Anthropology) American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Purpose: To recognize meritorious scientific contributions to the field of anthropology by mid-career anthropologists*. Criteria:

Mid-career is generally defined as about 10-20 years post PhD …

The AAPA has a new Statement on Race and Racism! 

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Western Carolina University’s Forensic Anthropology Program along with the Division on Educational Outreach, are …