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Zafarraya

Zafarraya is a municipality in the province of Granada, Spain, with a population of 2,200 (2003).

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Settlement.name: Zafarraya
Settlement.settlement_type: Municipality
Settlement.image_flag: Bandera de Zafarraya (Granada).svg
Settlement.image_shield: Escudo de Zafarraya.svg
Settlement.image_map: LocationZafarraya.png
Settlement.map_caption: Location of Zafarraya
Settlement.pushpin_map: Spain
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Spain
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Autonomous community
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Granada
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Comarca
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Alhama
Settlement.subdivision_type4: Judicial district
Settlement.subdivision_name4: Loja
Settlement.elevation_m: 893
Settlement.area_total_km2: 57.86

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Zafarraya is a municipality in the province of Granada, Spain, with a population of 2,200 (2003).

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.