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Physical anthropology is a biological science that deals with the adaptations, variability, and evolution of human beings and their living and fossil relatives. Because it studies human biology in the context of human culture and behavior, physical anthropology is also a social science. The AAPA is the world's leading professional organization for physical anthropologists. Formed by 83 charter members in 1930, the AAPA now has an international membership of over 1,700. The Association's annual meetings draw more than a thousand scientists and students from all over the world.
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INTERNATIONAL HUMAN CADAVER PROSECTION PROGRAM
AUGUST 2010 at the Indiana University School of Medicine-Northwest 11th Annual Session
Annual meeting abstracts
The AAPA vice president has contacted all first authors of abstracts submitted for the 2010 AAPA conference regarding the program committee’s decision on the abstracts. If you have not received an e-mail from Dr. Madrigal, please contact her at madrigal@cas.usf.edu.
AAPA Professional Development Grant applications due Jan 15
The American Association of Physical Anthropologists recognizes that the professional development of beginning professionals is critical to the continued health and vitality of the discipline. To that end, the AAPA offers up to six Professional Development Grants annually, each in the amount of $5,000 to qualified recipients.
New Doctoral Program in Ecological Anthropology at the University of Texas at San Antonio
We are living in a time of unprecedented environmental change. How people impact environments and how environments impact human and nonhuman primates are increasingly complex and important issues. Ecological anthropology at the University of Texas at San Antonio is a holistic and rigorous doctoral program that focuses on the ways in which human and nonhuman primates are embedded within ecological processes and political-economic realities.
NeSCent call for proposals -- SABBATICAL SCHOLARS AND COLLABORATIVE WORKING GROUPS
Proposals for Sabbaticals and for collaborative working groups (Working Groups and Catalysis Meetings) are now being accepted at The National Evolutionary Synthesis Center (NESCent). We are looking to fund innovative approaches to outstanding problems in evolutionary biology. In particular, proposals that have a clear interdisciplinary focus, or involve evolutionary concepts in non-traditional disciplines, are strongly encouraged, as are proposals that demonstrate international participation and a mix of senior and emerging researchers, including graduate students.
