HOMO is a fully peer-reviewed journal committed to the publication of research results in biological anthropology and related fields. These related fields include, for example: anatomy, archaeology, genetics, odontology, ecology, demography, palaeontology, palaeopathology, forensics, child growth, evolutionary medicine, health sciences and behavioural sciences.HOMO accepts original articles and critical reviews. Up to and including Volume 69, Homo was published by Elsevier.From Volume 70, HOMO is published by Schweizerbart and the same editorial board.

Papers published in HOMO are covered by * Abstracts in Anthropology, Anthropological Index, Anthropological Literature, * Biological Abstracts, * BIOSIS , * Current Contents/Social and Behavioral Sciences, *PubMed, * MEDLine, * Research Alert , * Social Science Citation Index, * Scopus, * Social SciSearch.