Aims and Scope
The American Journal of Physical Anthropology (AJPA) is the official journal of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists. The Journal is published monthly in three quarterly volumes. In addition, two supplements appear on an annual basis, the Yearbook of Physical Anthropology, which publishes major review articles, and the Annual Meeting Issue, containing the Scientific Program of the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists and abstracts of posters and podium presentations. The Yearbook of Physical Anthropology has its own editor, appointed by the Association, and is handled independently of the AJPA. As measured by impact factor, the AJPA is among the top journals listed in the anthropology category by the Social Science Citation Index. The reputation of the AJPA as the leading publication in physical anthropology is built on its century-long record of publishing high quality scientific articles in a wide range of topics.
The journal welcomes for consideration manuscripts that contribute to an understanding of the evolution of members of the order Primates, with particular emphasis on human biological evolution and variation. Within this framework, the AJPA publishes in established areas, including human biology and non-human primate behavior, and also seeks submissions in new and developing fronts that contribute to the growth of the science and increased understanding of human and non-human primate evolution.
The AJPA publishes original scientific research articles, reviews, as well as invited commentaries, book reviews, and short communications dealing mostly with methodological and technical issues. 

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Dr. Trudy Turner, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA
ASSOCIATE EDITORS
Lynne Isbell, University of California Davis, USA
Kieran McNulty, University of Minnesota, USA
Connie Mulligan, University of Florida, USA
Tracy L. Prowse, McMaster University, Canada
Claudia Valeggia, Yale University, USA
 
EDITORIAL BOARD
Benjamin M. Auerbach, The University of Tennessee, USA
Shara Bailey, New York University, USA
Elizabeth Berger, University of Michigan, USA
Doug Boyer, Duke University, USA
Hallie Buckley, University of Otago, New Zealand
Julia Fischer, Deutsches Primatenzentrum (DPZ), Germany
Keolu Fox, University of California, San Diego, USA 
Omer Gokcumen, University at Buffalo, USA
Jose Iriarte-Diaz, Sewanee: University of the South, USA
Katherine Jack, Tulane University, USA
Mattias Jakobsson, Uppsala University, Sweden
Grazyna Jasienska, Jagiellonian University, Poland
Peter Kappeler,German Primate Center & University of Gottingen, Germany
Dawn Kitchen, The Ohio State University, USA 
John Lindo, Emory University, USA
Ripan S. Malhi, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA 
Thom McDade, Northwestern University, USA
Emily Middleton, Univeristy of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA
Martin N. Muller, University of New Mexico, USA 
Matthew O'Neill, Midwestern University, USA
Meredith Reiches, University Massachusetts Boston, USA
Laurie J. Reitsema, University of Georgia, USA
Christopher Schmitt, Boston University, USA
Andrea B. Taylor, Touro University, USA
Daniel Temple, George Mason University, USA
Amanda Thompson, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
Christina Torres-Rouff, University of California, Merced, USA
Jean-Luc Voisin, Aix-Marseille Université, France
James T. Watson, Arizona State Museum, USA
Laura A. B. Wilson, University of New South Wales, Australia