The investigation of Shanidar Cave is not complete.

The Cambridge team has documented additional Neanderthal material in the burial cluster region that has not yet been fully excavated.

Future field seasons, when conditions in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq permit, will continue that work.

The region’s political situation has constrained access throughout the period of the modern excavations — a reality the team has navigated carefully, in cooperation with Kurdish authorities who have recognized the site’s international significance.

The analytical techniques available to future researchers will be more powerful than those available today.