Country Spain Comarca Alhama Time zone CET (UTC+1) Area 58 km² | Judicial district Loja Elevation 893 m Local time Sunday 4:07 PM Population 2,023 (2014) | |
Demonym(s) Zafarrayero, -aChoceño, -a Weather 14°C, Wind SE at 19 km/h, 63% Humidity | ||
Zafarraya is a municipality in the province of Granada, Spain, with a population of 2,200 (2003).
Map of 18128 Zafarraya, Granada, Spain
Zafarraya is known for a Neanderthal mandible found in a cave (Cueva del Boquete) in 1983 by Cecilio Barroso and Paqui Medina. The mandible has been dated to 30,000 years Before Present (BP), and at the time represented the youngest-known Neanderthal remains. Near the mandible, Mousterian tools dated to 27,000 years BP were found. The find was one of the first pieces of definite evidence showing that the presence of Neanderthals and modern humans overlapped in Europe for a significant period.
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