The AAPA was first formed following a proposal by Czech-American anthropologist Aleš Hrdlička at the December 1928 New York meeting of Section H (Anthropology) of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
The AAPA was founded based on a proposal by Czech-American anthropologist Aleš Hrdlička at the December 1928 meeting of Section H (Anthropology) within the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).