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Shetland's landscape looks wild but in fact it's been created by at least 5,000 years of human occupation. It's possible people were living in Shetland before that but, because the sea has risen by an estimated 120m (400') since the ice melted, about 10-12,000 years ago, traces of early coastal settlements are now under water. Some of the earliest and best archaeological sites are indeed right next to the modern shoreline.

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