“…Since then, views of pedogenesis have evolved to recognize soils as polygenetic systems that respond to variability in the forming factors (Cline, 1961;Targulian and Sokolov, 1978). Most recently, an appreciation for the profound and long lasting impacts of humans on pedogenesis has been articulated (Reséndiz-Paz et al, 2013;Schlesinger, 1990) and soils are understood to be human-impacted natural bodies with emphasis on humans as a soil forming factor (Amundson and Jenny, 1991;Dudal et al, 2002;Richter, 2007;Richter and Yaalon, 2012).…”