Zafarraya, Granada

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Coat of arms of Zafarraya

Zafarraya is a town and municipality in Granada, Andalusia, Spain, with a population of 2,200 (2003).

Zafarraya is known for a Neanderthal mandible found in a cave in 1995 by Jean-Jacques Hublin. 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.

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  1. ^ Hublin J.J., Barroso Ruiz C., Medina Lara P., Fontugne M., Reyss J.-L., 1995 - The Mousterian site of Zafarraya (Andalucia, Spain): dating and implications on the palaeolithic peopling processes of Western Europe. C. R. Acad. Sc. Paris. 321 (IIa): 931-937
  2. ^ Hublin J.-J et E.Trinkaus, 1998 - The Mousterian human remains from Zafarraya (Andalucia, Spain). American Journal of Physical Anthropology suppl 26 : 122-123
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Coordinates: 36°58′N 4°08′W

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