The Anthropological Association of Greece is a scientific society founded by the initiative of Dr Aris Poulianos in 1971, during hard times for the scientific research in Greece. One of the most important reasons of A.A.G. foundation was (and practically still is) the lack of organized state or other institution promoting anthropological sciences.

The society goals are concentrated in coordinating the efforts of everyone interested in collecting data and material on palaeoanthropolgy, ethnogenesis, ethnology, linguistics, archaeology, archaeometry, palaeontology, spelaeology, genetics, geology, sociology, statistics, philosophy, anthropology of current populations, as well as on any relevant scientific topic.

The study and the elaboration of the scientific material, the announcement and publication of the results, the organization of lectures and congresses are mainly planed for the achievement of the above purposes. It regards also the development of closer international relations with analogous scientific foreign institutions as well as the collaboration and the exchange of knowledge between scientific teams.

The Anthropological Association of Greece is a member of the International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences (IUAES) and founding member of the European Anthropological Association (EAA).