Human Evolution
Last updated ISSN 0393-9375
Human Evolution is published by Springer Nature in social sciences. It is a subscription journal. Its article processing charge is not published.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Human Evolution concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
- Primate Behavior and Ecology
- Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies
- Evolution and Paleontology Studies
- Paleopathology and ancient diseases
- Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Child and Animal Learning Development
- Animal Behavior and Reproduction
- Morphological variations and asymmetry
Key facts
| Publisher | Springer Nature |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0393-9375, 1824-310X |
| Subject area | Social Sciences |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | Not published |
| Indexed in | Scopus |
| Articles published | 727 |
| Publishing since | 1973 |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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