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by Ed Hagen last modified Jun 30, 2009 04:53 PM
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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Central European University: Reading old bodies - New directions in the bio-archaeological heritage

Central European University: Reading old bodies - New directions in the bio-archaeological heritage

by Ed Hagen last modified Jan 25, 2013 06:51 PM

The course entitled “Reading old bodies: New directions in the bio-archaeological heritage” will be held July 1st -12th, 2013. The goal of this two-week course is to make students familiar with the different methods and approaches developed in the last decades to study and interpret ancient human remains, considered as a multidimensional source for the comprehension of the past.

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Auction for 2014 AAPA meeting in Calgary

Auction for 2014 AAPA meeting in Calgary

by Ed Hagen last modified Jan 24, 2013 06:01 PM

The Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise has provided a gift certificate for two night’s deluxe accommodation in a Deluxe Lakeview Room with Breakfast, for two, valid until June 1, 2014 ($1475 value). There is also a gift certificate from Brewster travel for transportation from Calgary to Lake Louise, return, by bus.

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NSF INSPIRE funding opportunity

NSF INSPIRE funding opportunity

by Ed Hagen last modified Jan 24, 2013 02:47 AM

NSF will be providing an informational webcast on INSPIRE (Integrated NSF Support Promoting Interdisciplinary Research and Education (INSPIRE) funding opportunity to be held on Tuesday, January 29, 2013 from 4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. EST.

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Budget cuts at the Field Museum

Budget cuts at the Field Museum

by Ed Hagen last modified Jan 21, 2013 04:16 PM

Dear Colleagues & Friends: I am writing to you in your capacities as officers of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists to appeal for your support. You may have heard by now that deep cuts in the funding for science at The Field Museum have been publicly announced.

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AAA & AAPA Anatomy Award 2013

by Ed Hagen last modified Jan 21, 2013 04:09 PM

The anatomical sciences and biological anthropology have a deeply entwined history, and new methodological and theoretical advances in both fields ensure an exciting future. To recognize and encourage the incorporation of the anatomical sciences into cutting edge biological anthropology research, the American Association of Anatomists and the American Association of Physical Anthropologists are jointly providing funding for ONE student award to be presented at the 82nd Annual Meeting of the AAPA in Knoxville, TN, from April 9th to 13th, 2013. One student will be awarded $200 for the poster or podium presentation that is judged to best implement either traditional or state-of-the-art anatomical methodologies in innovative anthropological research. Students will be judged on novelty of the research question and design, use of anatomical methodologies, and presentation style.

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