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Australasian Society for Human Biology @aushumanbiology.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

#NASC2026 Day 3 began with a keynote from Dr Bryce Barker. He emphasised the importance of an anthropological approach and ethnography in archaeology, and how this can help to challenge historic and colonial narratives. Great to see relevance throughout adjacent disciplines for the ASHB community.

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Australasian Society for Human Biology @aushumanbiology.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

#nasc2026 has had some really great bioarchaeology presentations so far: "Research in the margins" highlighting historical erasure of marginalised groups and decolonising narratives. It's been a great conference for ASHB members thus far and we are excited for the final day tomorrow.

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Australasian Society for Human Biology @aushumanbiology.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

ATTENTION! 2026 ASHB CONFERENCE ABSTRACT DEADLINE HAS BEEN EXTENDED! We have extended the abstract deadline to 5pm AEDT October 16th, and are now also accepting panel proposals. See our website for more details and to apply. www.australasianhumanbiology.com/conferences....

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Australasian Society for Human Biology @aushumanbiology.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

#NASC2026 is here! ASHB was represented at the Careers Expo by our vice-president and Australian student representative promoting our strong student membership and upcoming online conference!

Projected presentation slide in a larger lecture hall showing the cover slide for a welcome to the National Archaeology Student Conference 2026.

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Australasian Society for Human Biology @aushumanbiology.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Less than a week left to get your abstract in for the ASHB 2026 online conference! Abstracts close 11:59pm AEST September 30, and registration closes November 1. See our website for more info, submit your abstract and register www.australasianhumanbiology.com/conferences....

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ASHB Conferences

Registrations for our 2023 Conference in Brisbane, Australia are now open!

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Australasian Society for Human Biology @aushumanbiology.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

And that's a wrap! What a fantastic and inspiring #IFAA2026 conference. Dr Luca Fiorenza gave a great plenary on dental evolution, a fitting anthro end for our ASHB attendees. We had a great ASHB turnout, and we are keen to see everyone again soon at our own conference at the end of the year!

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Australasian Society for Human Biology @aushumanbiology.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

What a whirlwind yesterday for day 2, not a second to stop at #IFAA2026! The plenary talk by Dr Sue Mayers was definitely a highlight, it was amazing to see her research and the movements of ballet dancers in action.

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Australasian Society for Human Biology @aushumanbiology.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

What a fantastic first day, with an important, difficult, and inspiring talk to start the day from Marcia Langton AO #IFAA2026

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Australasian Society for Human Biology @aushumanbiology.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

What a fantastic start to #IFAA2026! We have quite a few ASHB members at the conference this weekend, with the Anatomy for Everyone themes sessions organised by our own Sarah Croker and Jamie Chapman

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Australasian Society for Human Biology @aushumanbiology.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Announcing the 2026 ASHB Conference! Registration is open and we are now accepting abstracts for our annual conference. December 8-10 online, join from anywhere or come along to a local hub. See our website for more information! www.australasianhumanbiology.com/conferences....

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ASHB Conferences

Registrations for our 2023 Conference in Brisbane, Australia are now open!

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Australasian Society for Human Biology @aushumanbiology.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

We are pleased to announce our winners of the 2026 ASHB studentship are Phoebe Meyrick (UQ) and Chloe Boucher (CSU)! You can read more about their research on our website. Congratulations Phoebe and Chloe! www.australasianhumanbiology.com/studentship-...

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Studentship Winners

Biography Phoebe Meyrick is a PhD Candidate in Bioarchaeology at the University of Queensland, examining how social inequality is embodied in bone health in ancient human populations. This research...

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Australasian Society for Human Biology @aushumanbiology.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

ASHB Studentship CLOSES this Friday 1st of May at 5pm AEST. Make sure to get your applications in on time! www.australasianhumanbiology.com/studentship-...

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Heather Battles @anthroetc.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Gave a little plug for @aushumanbiology.bsky.social at the Canadian Association for Biological Anthropology (CABA-ACAB) webinar today! Maybe some scope for future collaborations? I hope some Canadians will consider joining us for the online ASHB conference this year in December!

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Australasian Society for Human Biology @aushumanbiology.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

We are currently seeking EOI for grant reviewers for the 2026 Studentship. Reviewers must hold a PhD and be an active member of ASHB. Please submit your EOI to the ASHB inbox by the 30/4/26. Please note the key dates of the studentship: studentship applications close 1/5/26, notifications 18/5/26.

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Australasian Society for Human Biology @aushumanbiology.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

TODAY! Our studentship information session is today at 6pm NZ/4pm AEST/2pm AWST. We have past studentship winners speaking about their research and some helpful information for your application. See you there! www.australasianhumanbiology.com/studentship-...

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Australasian Society for Human Biology @aushumanbiology.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

This week! Our Studentship Session and Grant Writing Seminar - follow the QR links below or see our website to register! www.australasianhumanbiology.com/studentship-...

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Australasian Society for Human Biology @aushumanbiology.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

By popular demand we are opening up our Grant Writing seminar to non-member students! So if you are thinking of applying to our studentship, come along to BOTH the Info session and Grant Writing seminar next week! See flyers below for more info and registration links:

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Australasian Society for Human Biology @aushumanbiology.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Attn ASHB Students! Are you thinking about applying for the ASHB Studentship but don't know where to start? Come along to our Studentship Information Session and Grant Writing Seminar! On the 9th and 10th of April at 6pm NZST, 4pm AEST, 2pm AWST, see registration links on the flyers.

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Chris Stantis @chrisstantis.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

We don't have enough open access resources for reading about ethics, and there's some really great looking chapters in there. I'm excited to spend some time with this! 🏺🧪https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-032-10354-3

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Bioarchaeology, Activism and Social Justice

This is an open access book. This volume is the first dedicated to action within bioarchaeology that can bring about social and political change.

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Australasian Society for Human Biology @aushumanbiology.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Our Studentship is now OPEN! Student members of ASHB can apply for grants of up to $2500 for their research - see our website for more details! And keep your eyes open for online events in the next few weeks to help you write your application 👀

ASHB Studentship poster. Grants of up to $2500 for student members. Applications close 5pm AEST on Friday 1st of May 2026.

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Rebecca Sear @rebeccasear.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Why academic societies, as well as journals, have an important role to play in ensuring appropriately rigorous standards in their disciplines: here's discredited race scientist Philippe Rushton acknowledging the role that the conferences of two academic societies played in developing his ideas

Acknowledgements section of a paper of Rushton's

I thank C.D. Ankney, T.A. Bons, A.J. Figueredo, L.S. Gottfredson, A.R. Jensen, and G.F. Miller for critical comments on a previous draft. Some of the data were presented at the Human Behavior and Evolution Society, Amherst, MA, June 2000, the International Society for Research in Intelligence, Newport Beach, CA, December 2003, and the Human Behavior and Evolution Society, Berlin, Germany, July 2004.

The title of that paper, published in the Elsevier journal Intelligence in 2004:

Placing intelligence into an evolutionary framework or how g fits into the r–K matrix of life-history traits including longevity

Paragraph from that paper:

The underlying explanation is that longevity is a coevolved adaptation with brain size and intelligence, and it is intelligence that underlies social stratification. As harmful environmental factors are removed and so no longer account for as much variance, that which remains must be increasingly due to genes. Because larger brains are more costly to build and maintain than smaller brains, they need to be housed in stronger, longer lived bodies (see also Miller, 2000). Darwinian evolution is frugal, not prodigal.

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Australasian Society for Human Biology @aushumanbiology.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

ASHB members Justyna Miszkiewicz and Karen Cooke have a new paper out on the scaling relationships of bone microstructure and macrostructure - open access with the Journal of Anatomy.

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Australasian Society for Human Biology @aushumanbiology.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Attn PhDs! Australian Graduate Women are offering 2 Research Fellowships of $10k each. These fellowships are available to female PhD by research candidates. Applications close 13/2/26. See their website for eligibility and further details. www.australiangradwomen.org.au/fellowships/

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Fellowships offered by Australian Graduate Women (AGW).

Fellowships are open to women, Australian citizens or permanent residents, enrolled for a PhD degree by research at an Australian university.

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Australasian Society for Human Biology @aushumanbiology.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Another conference to keep an eye out for is the National Archaeology Student Conference which is making a return this year! Hosted by the University of Queensland in Spetember, keep an eye on their socials for more details to come. www.facebook.com/nascaustralia

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Australasian Society for Human Biology @aushumanbiology.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

As mentioned at the last conference, the Congress of the International Federation of Associations of Anatomists is being held in Melbourne this year (August 13-16) and will include a panel run by ASHB members! Abstract submission is open NOW! And closes on the 14th of February. ifaa2026.org/en-AU

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IFAA 2026 - 22nd Congress of the International Federation of Associations of Anatomists

Join us for the 22nd Congress of the International Federation of Associations of Anatomists (IFAA 2026) in Melbourne, Australia, from 13–16 August 2026. Experience leading anatomy research, innovation...

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DrTanyaMSmith.bsky.social @drtanyamsmith.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Great keynote by Zaneta Thayer @aushumanbiology.bsky.social #ASHB2025 — while early life environments and experiences shape health trajectories, they do not make poor (or good) health inevitable. Presented fascinating data on negative health aspects of by-passing natural labour processes in Brazil.

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Heather Battles @anthroetc.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Less than one month until #ASHB2025 in Tāmaki Makaurau / Auckland! 💀🦷👣🗣🦧🐒🔬🩻🧬⚰️🪦 @aushumanbiology.bsky.social

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Australasian Society for Human Biology @aushumanbiology.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

REMINDERS: *Abstracts for the 2025 conference are due at 11:59pm NZDT Monday 13/10 *Discounted early bird registration also ends at 11:59pm NZDT Monday 13/10 *Regular price registration closes Monday 20/10 Abstract submission and registration here: www.australasianhumanbiology.com/conferences....

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Australasian Society for Human Biology @aushumanbiology.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

We are pleased to offer Student Conference Support Grants for our 2025 meeting. If you are an ASHB student member and intend on presenting either a paper or poster, consider applying for financial support here: forms.gle/77WCN3ym3fGQ... Applications close 11:59 NZDT on Monday 13th of October.

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Australasian Society for Human Biology @aushumanbiology.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

ASHB wishes to pays its respects to the amazing and inspirational Dr Jane Goodall as she starts her next adventure. Image credit: Johanna Lohr.

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Australasian Society for Human Biology @aushumanbiology.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

We are extending the deadlines for abstract submission and earlybird registration for our 2025 Conference until 11:59pm NZDT on October 13! Learn more and register by clicking below:

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ASHB Conferences

Registrations for our 2023 Conference in Brisbane, Australia are now open!

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Australasian Society for Human Biology @aushumanbiology.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

There's just over a week left to claim earlybird registration discounts and get your abstracts in for the upcoming Auckland conference! Register and/or submit your abstracts at the link below by October 6 to avoid missing out! www.australasianhumanbiology.com/conferences....

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University of Otago - Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka @universityofotago.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Professor Siân Halcrow is the first in Aotearoa to be awarded the British Academy Global Professorship worth over $2 million! She will spend four years at Durham University in England, developing the first socially informed policy guidelines for anatomical skeletal collections. Read more here 👇

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Professorship to study ‘skeletons in the closet’

Historical anatomical skeletal collections held across Britain will be investigated by a University of Otago – Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka academic, thanks to a more than $2 million professorship.

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Australasian Society for Human Biology @aushumanbiology.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

Conference registration and abstract submission are now open for our 2025 Conference in Tāmaki Makaurau / Auckland! Learn more at www.australasianhumanbiology.com/conferences....

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Australasian Society for Human Biology @aushumanbiology.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

Two biological anthropology positions have been advertised at the University of Western Australia! Learn more about these opportunities at the links below: Level B (Lecturer) position: external.jobs.uwa.edu.au/en/job/52090... Level D (A/Prof) position: external.jobs.uwa.edu.au/en/job/52090...

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Australasian Society for Human Biology @aushumanbiology.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

It is with great sadness that we share the news of the passing of Emeritus Professor Charles Oxnard on the 27th of June at the age of 91. We extend our deepest condolences to Eleanor and their sons, Guy and Hugh, and to their extended families.

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Australasian Society for Human Biology @aushumanbiology.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

The 2025 round of the ASHB Studentship is now open for applications! Up to $2000 of funding is available to support student research. To become a member and learn more about this opportunity, please visit www.australasianhumanbiology.com

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Australasian Society for Human Biology @aushumanbiology.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

**SAVE THE DATE - 2025 CONFERENCE! ** We are thrilled to announce that our 2025 Conference will be held in Auckland, New Zealand, from 10-12 December! More information will be available on our website soon: www.australasianhumanbiology.com/

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Australasian Society for Human Biology @aushumanbiology.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Hi all! 👋 We're the Australasian Society for Human Biology! We were founded in 1987 to promote and support research, teaching, and communication in all fields of human biology in Australasia, and we offer student funding, annual conferences, and more! Learn more at www.australasianhumanbiology.com

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