The AABA cooperates with several other societies and interest groups representing particular areas of interest within biological anthropology, including the following: 

• Biological Anthropology Women's Mentoring Network
• American Association of Anthropological Genetics
• American Association for the Advancement of Science
• American Association of Anatomists
• American Association of Forensic Science, Anthropology Section
• American Anthropological Association
• British Association for Biological Anthropology and Osteoarchaeology
• Canadian Association for Physical Anthropologists
• Dental Anthropology Association
• Human Biology Association
• Paleoanthropology Society
• Paleopathology Association
• Primate Biology and Behavior Interest Group
• Sigma Xi
• Society for American Archaeology