Welcome to the Anthropology Section of the New York Academy of Sciences

Since 1877, the Anthropology Section of the New York Academy of Sciences (NYAS) has served as a meeting place for scholars from across the four fields in the Greater New York area. We strive to be a progressive voice within the anthropological community and to contribute innovative perspectives on the human condition nationally and internationally.

"MohenjoDaro, Pakistan. View of Stupa. (February 2017)" Photograph taken by Chair of NYAS Anthropology Uzma Z. Rizvi
"MohenjoDaro, Pakistan. View of Stupa. (February 2017)" Photograph taken by Chair of NYAS Anthropology Uzma Z. Rizvi
"Garifuna Women traveling from New York City and Los Angeles walk in shallow water to board a boat to Baliceaux as part of pilgrimage to their ancestral home of Yurumein, known as St. Vincent and the Grenadines." Photograph taken by NYAS Anthropology Board Member Kristina Baines
"Garifuna Women traveling from New York City and Los Angeles walk in shallow water to board a boat to Baliceaux as part of pilgrimage to their ancestral home of Yurumein, known as St. Vincent and the Grenadines." Photograph taken by NYAS Anthropology Board Member Kristina Baines
"Harbor at low tide, Ndau Island, Kenya, 2009." Photograph taken by NYAS Anthropology Treasurer Ryan Raaum
"Harbor at low tide, Ndau Island, Kenya, 2009." Photograph taken by NYAS Anthropology Treasurer Ryan Raaum
"Juvenile chacma baboon playing with rugby ball on the playing/sports field at Chrysalis Academy, Tokai, Cape Town." Photograph taken by NYAS Anthropology Board Member Shahrina Chowdhury
"Juvenile chacma baboon playing with rugby ball on the playing/sports field at Chrysalis Academy, Tokai, Cape Town." Photograph taken by NYAS Anthropology Board Member Shahrina Chowdhury
"Canners bringing bottles and cans to a non-profit redemption center in Bushwick, Brooklyn (2019)." Photograph taken by Carlos Rivera for the research of NYAS Anthropology Board Member Christine Hegel
"Canners bringing bottles and cans to a non-profit redemption center in Bushwick, Brooklyn (2019)." Photograph taken by Carlos Rivera for the research of NYAS Anthropology Board Member Christine Hegel
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