Kammala wannan jumla: Hublin ya zauna a Algeria har sai iyalinsa suka gudu daga kasar a shekarar da ta gabata na
yakin neman 'yancin kai a shekarar 1961. Ya shafe shekarunsa na matasa yana zaune a cikin gidaje masu tallafi na arewacin ƙauyukan Paris. Daga baya ya horar da shi a matsayin masanin ilimin ƙasa da masanin ilimin halittu a Jami'ar Pierre da Marie Curie ta Paris, inda ya sami digirin digirgir a 1978 a ƙarƙashin kulawar Farfesa B. Vandermeersch. Ya sami digirin digirgir na jiharsa ("habilitation") a fannin ilimin ɗan adam a 1991 a Jami'ar Bordeaux. Hublin a halin yanzu yana zaune a Leipzig, Jamus tare da matarsa Svetlana.