Human Ethology (formerly Human Ethology Bulletin) is an online peer-reviewed journal that is completely open access, free to publish in and free to read. The journal publishes scholarly works within the broad research tradition of Human Ethology, such as: (1) Research Articles; (2) Theoretical Reviews; (3) Brief Reports; (4) Technical Comments; (5) Open Peer Commentaries; (6) Authors Responses to
Open Peer Commentaries; and (7) Book Reviews. The focus of Human Ethology is to provide a unique venue for the publication of empirical, theoretical, and review articles within the tradition of Human Ethology. The substantive content of Human Ethology is perhaps best captured by Tinbergen’s Four Questions, that may be asked of any behavior: (1) Proximate Mediation; (2) Behavioral Development; (3) Evolutionary History; and (4) Ultimate Adaptive Function. Human Ethology is particularly interested in studies where behavior is directly observed and recorded using a variety of methods, which might range from traditional ad libitum direct observation in natural habitats to automatic computer-aided behavior recording and analysis, as well as methodological articles describing those procedures for general application. Purely descriptive and inductive studies will also be accepted, provided they are thorough and methodologically rigorous.
