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{{Short description|Spanish psychologist and primatologist}}
[[File:Conferencia Dr. Josep Call en la ULL (cropped).JPG|thumb|Call talking at a scientific conference in 2013]]
'''Josep Call''' {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|FBA}} is a Spanish [[Social:Comparative psychology|comparative psychologist]] specializing in [[Biology:Primate cognition|primate cognition]].

==Early life and education==
He was born in Catalonia, {{wipe|Spain}} and received a BA (1990) from the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (Spain), and a master's degree (1995) and PhD (1997) from [[Organization:Emory University|Emory University]] (United States), under the supervision of Prof. [[Biography:Michael Tomasello|Michael Tomasello]]. 

==Academic career==
From 1997 to 1999 he was a lecturer at the School of Biological Sciences at the [[Organization:University of Liverpool|University of Liverpool]] (UK). Then in 1999 he moved to the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, {{wipe|Germany}} where he is currently a senior scientist, co-founder and co-director of the Wolfgang Köhler Primate Research Centre.  Call also holds the post of Professor in Evolutionary Origins of Mind at the [[Organization:University of St Andrews|University of St Andrews]], where his focus is on technical and social problem solving in animals with a special emphasis on the great apes.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://risweb.st-andrews.ac.uk/portal/en/persons/josep-call(e16c323e-1faa-4dc8-8b9c-f6e9432766a2).html|title=Josep Call - University of St Andrews|website=Risweb.st-andrews.ac.uk|access-date=27 November 2017}}</ref>

===Research===
Among other topics, Call has worked to identify the unique cognitive and cultural processes that distinguish humans from their nearest [[Biology:Primate|primate]] relatives, the great apes. He has published two books and nearly two hundred research articles and book chapters on the cognition and behavior of apes and other animals. He is currently the editor of the ''Journal of Comparative Psychology'' and a member of the editorial board of several other academic journals.

==Honours==
In 2013 Call was elected a Fellow of the [[Organization:American Psychological Association|American Psychological Association]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://risweb.st-andrews.ac.uk/portal/en/persons/josep-call(e16c323e-1faa-4dc8-8b9c-f6e9432766a2)/activities.html|title=Josep Call - Activities and awards - University of St Andrews|website=Risweb.st-andrews.ac.uk|access-date=27 November 2017}}</ref> and in March 2016 was elected a Corresponding Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/1200_2016ElectedFellows.html|title=Fellows - The Royal Society of Edinburgh|website=Royalsoced.org.uk|access-date=27 November 2017}}</ref> In July 2019, he was elected a Fellow of the British Academy (FBA), the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and social sciences.<ref>{{cite web |title=New Fellows 2019 |url=https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/sites/default/files/New%20Fellows%202019_1.pdf |website=The British Academy |access-date=27 July 2019 }}</ref>

==Selected works==
* Tomasello, M. & Call, J. (1997). ''Primate cognition''. New York: [[Organization:Oxford University Press|Oxford University Press]].
* Tomasello, M., Carpenter, M., Call, J., Behne, T. & Moll, H. (2005). Understanding and sharing intentions: The origins of cultural cognition. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 28, 1-17.
* {{cite journal | author1=Nicholas J. Mulcahy | author2=Josep Call | title=Apes Save Tools for Future Use | journal=Science | volume=312 | number=5776 | pages=1038–1040 | date=May 2006 | doi=10.1126/science.1125456 | pmid=16709782 | bibcode=2006Sci...312.1038M | s2cid=8468216 }} 
* Call, J. & Tomasello, M. (2007). ''The gestural communication of apes and monkeys''. Manhaw NJ: LEA.
* Jensen, K., Call, J. & Tomasello, M. (2007). Chimpanzees are rational maximizers in an ultimatum game. Science, 318, 107–109.
* Call, J. & Tomasello, M. (2008). Does the chimpanzee have a theory of mind? 30 years later. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 12, 187–192.
* {{cite journal | author1=Cornelia Schrauf | author2= Josep Call | author3= Koki Fuwa | author4= Satoshi Hirata | title=Do Chimpanzees Use Weight to Select Hammer Tools? | journal=PLOS ONE | volume=7 | number=7 | pages=e41044 | date=Jul 2012 | doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0041044 | pmid=22815905 | pmc=3399814 | bibcode= 2012PLoSO...741044S | doi-access= free }}

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100618141317/http://www.eva.mpg.de/psycho/staff/call/index.htm Official homepage of Dr. Josep Call]
* [http://www.eva.mpg.de Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology]
* [http://wkprc.eva.mpg.de Homepage of the Wolfgang Koehler Primate Research Centre]

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