Research Centre for Anthropology and Health

Welcome to CIAS, an international research center in the field of anthropology and the human sciences, with four major research clusters: Genes, Populations and Diseases; Human Biology, Health and Society; Past Cultures and Populations; Technoscience, Society and Environment.

Antropologia Portuguesa

Antropologia Portuguesa is a peer-reviewed journal that seeks to publish the best theoretical and empirical research in the multidisciplinary field of Anthropology, including the sub-fields of Biological Anthropology and Social-Cultural Anthropology, among others. It is one of the oldest journals of Anthropology in Portugal, first published in 1914, and is strongly committed to combining traditional anthropological goals and approaches with new collaborative and interdisciplinary explorations across the human sciences.

Research Clusters

Genes, Populations and Diseases

Past Cultures and Populations

Human Biology, Health and Society

Technoscience, Society and Environment

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