Stray theory

Abstract

In the last several years anthropology has developed a mathematical theory¹ which now has foundations almost as broad as the field of anthropology itself.² This breadth includes works ranging from population genetics and demographic modeling to theories of social organization or even of mythological structures.³ In the present article we present elaborations of aspects of the theory as so far developed⁴ and discuss the significance of this new work for the possible solution of additional problems of interest. In particular we refer both to the possibility of breaking barriers between fields of anthropology⁵ and also to the generality of the mathematics as such.