Anthropological Society of Serbia from 2007th continues with activities prior taken by Yugoslav Anthropological Society, Yugoslav Anthropological Society was founded in 1959. in a need to merge and develop Yugoslav anthropological science in one organization, and connect it with modern anthropological science in Europe and world. This activity marked and developed new stage in anthropological studies and also in terms of organizational and scientific methods. Yugoslav anthropological Society has developed and raised to a new level our professional and scientific activity. It helped anthropology to get an appropriate place in our universities and also in highest scientific institutions as science. It has organized scientific sets (48 congresses) with international participants, and the results were published in 44 re leases of 'Glasnik Antropološkog društva Jugoslavije' and also in 12 releases 'Posebna izdanja ADJ'. It has contributed in founding process of Anthropological society of Europe and anthropological societies in Croatia, FYR Macedonia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. In that way, along with scientific, it has done its social on cultural historic role. .
