Stephen Lewandowski has worked in soil conservation for years and is now a visting humanities lecturer sponsored by the U. S. National Endowment for the Humanities. He has published numerous books, poetry and articles.
Humans are a part of and a creation of nature.
Species evolve as a part of the whole, intricate, interrelated creation. A matrix of conditions and co-evolving organisms shaped humans. Soils continue to shape human nature and culture. Our principal religious mythology affirms humans were created from clay. From the viewpoint of evolutionary theory, humans are a response, though not necessarily an answer, to a question posed by nature.