The Journal of Human Evolution is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal that concentrates on publishing the highest quality papers covering all aspects of human evolution. JHE was established in 1972 and is published by Elsevier. The Editors-in-Chief are Andrea B. Taylor (Touro University California, USA) and Mark W. Grabowski (Liverpool John Moores University, England). The central focus of JHE is aimed jointly at paleoanthropological work, covering human and primate fossils, and at comparative studies of living species, including both morphological and molecular evidence. These include descriptions of new discoveries, analyses and interpretations of new and previously described material, and assessments of the phylogeny and paleobiology of primate species. In addition to original research papers, space is allocated for the rapid publication of short communications on new discoveries, such as exciting new fossils, as well as lead book reviews, obituaries and review papers of exceptionally high quality. The journal received a 2023 impact factor of 3.656.

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in: • Biological Abstracts • BIOSIS Previews • Current ContentsLife Sciences • Current Contents/Social & Behavioral Sciences • EMBiology • Science Citation Index • Social Sciences Citation Index • Scopus • The Zoological Record