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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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Summer Internship for Native Americans in Genomics (SING) Workshop at Institute for Genomic Biology

Summer Internship for Native Americans in Genomics (SING) Workshop at Institute for Genomic Biology

by Ed Hagen last modified Jan 19, 2013 12:11 AM

The Institute for Genomic Biology will once again be hosting the Summer Internship for Native Americans in Genomics (SING) Workshop. The workshop will take place from August 4-10, 2013, at the IGB to discuss genomics as a tool for Native American communities and assist in the training of Native Americans in the concepts and methods currently used in genomics.

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Purchase AAPA meeting luncheon tickets now

Purchase AAPA meeting luncheon tickets now

by Ed Hagen last modified Jan 18, 2013 05:49 PM

We are pleased to announce that Dr. William Bass (Professor Emeritus, The University of Tennessee) will be the 2013 AAPA Luncheon Speaker. Dr. Bass, founder of The University of Tennessee's Forensic Anthropology Research Facility (a.k.a., "The Body Farm"), is well-known for his contributions to forensic anthropology and osteology. Dr. Bass's luncheon talk, The Autopsy of the "Big Bopper." My Role in Investigating the Death of an Early Rock & Roll Icon, will take place on Friday, the 12th of April, from 11:30 A.M. to 1:30 P.M.

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Facing an African Experience: 15th Meeting of the International Association of Craniofacial Identification

Facing an African Experience: 15th Meeting of the International Association of Craniofacial Identification

by Ed Hagen last modified Jan 14, 2013 02:09 PM

We are honoured to invite you to attend the 15th Meeting of the International Association of Craniofacial Identification to be held in the world famous Kruger National Park (South Africa), at the Mopani Rest Camp from 3 to 7 August 2013.

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Paleoanthropology and Paleolithic Archaeology Field-school, Balanica (Serbia)

Paleoanthropology and Paleolithic Archaeology Field-school, Balanica (Serbia)

by Ed Hagen last modified Jan 10, 2013 10:33 PM

A field-school opportunity in Paleoanthropology and Paleolithic Archaeology, offered by The University of Winnipeg in collaboration with Belgrade University and the National Museum, (Belgrade) is now available. Open to upper undergraduate and graduate students, the field-school will take place at the Balanica cave complex, a hominin bearing Mousterian site in the vicinity of Nis.

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Field school: Migration, Health, and Lifestyle in the Kingdom of the Gepids (Transylvania)

Field school: Migration, Health, and Lifestyle in the Kingdom of the Gepids (Transylvania)

by Ed Hagen last modified Jan 08, 2013 08:45 PM

June 30-August 4, 2013 (5 weeks). Skeletal remains within cemeteries and individual burials have proven to be an invaluable source of information in archaeological endeavors. The wealth of knowledge obtained from burial assemblages provides insights into culture; migratory patterns; contact and trade; social complexities and population dynamics; familial relationships, and ancestral health. Archaeology attempts to reconstruct the particulars of past populations through their material remains and, complementary to it, bioarchaeological studies comprise an understanding of the skeletal remains of past populations themselves and integrates this understanding with adaptive changes to environment and culture.

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