He was born in Catalonia, Spain and received a Bachelor (1990) from the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (Spain), and a master"s degree (1995) and Doctor of Philosophy (1997) from Emory University (United States), under the supervision of Professor Michael Tomasello.
Education and From 1997 to 1999 he was a lecturer at the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Liverpool (United Kingdom). Call also holds the post of Professor in Evolutionary Origins of Mind at the University of Street Andrews, where his focus is on technical and social problem solving in animals with a special emphasis on the great apes. Among other topics, Call has worked to identify the unique cognitive and cultural processes that distinguish humans from their nearest 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.
