He has been a pioneer in the field of virtual paleoanthropology. The origins of Neandertals and Homo sapiens, and most notably, the interactions between the two groups have occupied a central place in his career. Professor Hublin has produced over 270 peer reviewed journal articles and book chapters in edited volumes. He is the sole or co-author or co-editor of 15 theses, books and edited volumes. In 2014, Prof. Hublin was named as a Thomson Reuters 'Highly Cited Researcher', ranking among the top 1% of researchers in his field. In 1990, he received the prize F. Millepierre of the « Académie Française » and in 2013, the prize Rudolf-Virchow of the Prinz Maximilian zu Wied Stiftung. In 2017, he was awarded the royal Wissam al-Kafaa al-Fikria by His Majesty Mohamed VI. He is a founding member and President of the European Society for the Study of Human Evolution.