Zafarraya

"Zafarraya es una localidad y municipio español perteneciente a la provincia de Granada, en la comunidad autónoma de Andalucía. Está situado en la extremo occidental de la comarca de Alhama, a unos 79 km de la capital granadina. Limita con los municipios granadinos de Loja y Alhama de Granada y con los malagueños de Periana y Alfarnate. El municipio zafarrayero comprende los núcleos de población de Zafarraya, El Almendral, Venta de la Leche y Rincón de los Reinas."

"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."