"Cultural anthropology (sometimes called social anthropology) deals with the description and analysis of cultures-the socially learned traditions of past and present ages. It has a subdiscipline, ethnography that describes and interprets present-day cultures. Comparing these interpretations and descriptions can generate hypotheses and theories about the causes of past and present cultural similarities and differences."

Subdisciplines:

 - Ethnography:

Description of contemporary cultures

 - Medical Anthropology:

Study of biological and cultural factors in health, disease, and the treatment of the sick

 - Urban Anthropology:

Study of city life, gangas, drug abuse

 - Development Anthropology

Study of the causes of underdevelopment and development among the less developed nations