The Journal of Human Evolution concentrates on publishing the highest quality papers covering all aspects of human evolution. The central focus 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, interpretative analyses of new and previously described material, and assessments of the phylogeny and paleobiology of primate species. Submissions should address issues and questions of broad interest in paleoanthropology.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 to lead book reviews and obituaries. All manuscripts are subjected to review by three referees.

《人類進(jìn)化雜志》專注于發(fā)表涵蓋人類進(jìn)化各個(gè)方面的高質(zhì)量論文。中心的重點(diǎn)是共同進(jìn)行古人類學(xué)工作，包括人類和靈長類動(dòng)物化石，以及對(duì)現(xiàn)存物種的比較研究，包括形態(tài)學(xué)和分子證據(jù)。這些包括對(duì)新發(fā)現(xiàn)的描述，對(duì)新發(fā)現(xiàn)和先前描述的材料的解釋性分析，以及對(duì)靈長類物種的系統(tǒng)發(fā)育和古生物學(xué)的評(píng)估。提交的論文應(yīng)涉及古人類學(xué)中廣泛關(guān)注的問題。除了原始的研究論文，空間還被分配給快速出版有關(guān)新發(fā)現(xiàn)的簡短通訊，如令人興奮的新化石，以及領(lǐng)先的書評(píng)和訃告。所有稿件都要經(jīng)過三位審稿人的審核。