Zafarraya
Zafarraya
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Zafarraya | |||
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Municipality | |||
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 Location of Zafarraya | |||
  Zafarraya Location in Spain | |||
| Coordinates: 36°58′N 4°8′W / 36.967°N 4.133°W / 36.967; -4.133Coordinates: 36°58′N 4°8′W / 36.967°N 4.133°W / 36.967; -4.133 | |||
| Country |  Spain | ||
| Autonomous community |  Andalusia | ||
| Province | Granada | ||
| Comarca | Alhama | ||
| Judicial district | Loja | ||
| Government | |||
| • Alcalde | José Miguel Muñoz Ortigosa (2007) (PSOE) | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 57.86 km2 (22.34 sq mi) | ||
| Elevation | 893 m (2,930 ft) | ||
| Population (2009) | |||
| • Total | 2,112 | ||
| • Density | 37/km2 (95/sq mi) | ||
| Demonym(s) | Zafarrayero, -a Choceño, -a | ||
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) | ||
| Postal code | 18128 | ||
| Official language(s) | Spanish | ||
| Website | Official website | ||
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.[1][2] 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.
Notes[edit]
^ Hublin J.J., Barroso Ruiz C., Medina Lara P., Fontugne M., Reyss J.-L., 1995 - The Mousterian site of Zafarraya (Granada, Spain): dating and implications on the palaeolithic peopling processes of Western Europe. C. R. Acad. Sc. Paris. 321 (IIa): 931-937
^ Hublin J.-J et E.Trinkaus, 1998 - The Mousterian human remains from Zafarraya (Granada, Spain). American Journal of Physical Anthropology suppl 26 : 122-123
External links[edit]
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