Human Biology Research in Anthropological Review: 2025 Onwards Editorial and Polish Anthropological Society Perspectives

Justyna Miszkiewicz; Jacek Tomczyk; Francesco M. Galassi; Magdalena Durda-Masny; Barbara Mnich; Joanna Nieczuja-Dwojacka; Maciej Henneberg

doi:10.18778/1898-6773.88.3.05

Authors

Justyna Miszkiewicz School of Social Science, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia; Vertebrate Evolution, Development and Ecology, Naturalis Biodiversity Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9769-2706
Jacek Tomczyk Institute of Biological Sciences, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0605-665X
Francesco M. Galassi University of Łódź, Department of Anthropology, Łódź, Poland https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8902-3142
Magdalena Durda-Masny Institute of Human Biology and Evolution, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5895-9754
Barbara Mnich Department of Criminalistics, Fingerprint and Forensic Anthropology Section, Institute of Forensic Research, Kraków, Poland https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6153-6405
Joanna Nieczuja-Dwojacka Institute of Biological Sciences, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3853-0950
Maciej Henneberg School of Biomedicine, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia; Institute of Evolutionary Medicine, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1941-2286

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18778/1898-6773.88.3.05

Keywords:

open access, artificial intelligence, ethics, human biology

Abstract

Human biology research in the 21^st century takes on a whole new meaning with an improved range of methodological, ethical, and technological advancements. Human biologists working in diverse sub- and inter-disciplinary areas now have at their disposal access to more efficient technical toolkits than ever before, producing data that can be rapidly shared through open access platforms. However, we also face challenges with the ever-increasing presence of artificial intelligence (AI), and continued ethical concerns around ‘helicopter research’ using human personal and tissue data in developing countries. Anthropological Review (AR), the flagship journal of the Polish Anthropological Society (PTA), is an open access journal with a long history of publishing inter-disciplinary human biology research and continued commitment to sharing high quality findings. In this piece, as PTA is celebrating its 100^th anniversary in 2025, and as the editorial board of AR with a new Editor-in-Chief, and the President of PTA, we outline the stance of AR on key issues in today’s human biology research. We focus on open access, early career researcher opportunities, AI, the need for multi-methodological approaches and inter-disciplinarity, and commitment to the application of ethical framework in human biology research featured in our journal.

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