What does AAA stand for?

But Setha Low, president of the American Anthropological Association, said Levi-Strauss was one of the most "innovative and creative theorists that anthropology has ever produced," though she said some of his theories are contested.

The American Anthropological Association claimed he had attempted 'to justify genetically the sexist, racist and elitist status quo in human society' (an act of intellectual thuggery Time magazine likened to the Catholic church's denunciation of Galileo).

The president of the American Anthropological Association released a letter last month urging the federal government to finance such research through agencies other than the Department of Defense.

I hope over time that we can have an impact where we raise the conversation about race to where it's accurate," said Yolanda Moses, who was president of the American Anthropological Association from 1995 to 1997, when the group originated the idea for the exhibit amid President Clinton's national Dialogues on Race.

There has already been a special session at the American Anthropological Association (AAA) devoted to it.

Murdock's letter and attitude set the stage for a period of official acquiescence by the American Anthropological Association to FBI persecution of individual members.

In the process, it echoed the proclamations and findings of numerous professional, political, and religious organizations, including the United States Civil Rights Commission, the National Congress of American Indians, the Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations, the United Church of Christ, the American Anthropological Association, and the National Education Association.

Henrich and several other project scientists described themes emerging from their data in a session at last November's annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association, held in Washington, D.