The EAAPP was officially launched in Kenya on July 18, 2005. Membership is open to paleoanthropologists and paleontologists working in Eastern Africa (Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda).
The first objective of the society is to bring scholars working in this region together for scientific exchange and reporting on palaeoanthropological and palaeontological research findings. To this end, we plan to hold bi-annual conferences with an emphasis on making East African and foreign scholars working in East Africa aware of each other's research, as well as addressing issues affecting all researchers in East Africa such as policy regarding research requirements, collections management, and fieldwork ethics.
The second objective of the society is to raise funds for East African scholars to conduct field and laboratory research within East African countries.