Genetic tests of ancient settlers' remains show that Europe is a melting pot of bloodlines from Africa, the Middle East, and today's Russia. Three waves of immigrants settled prehistoric Europe.

A century ago, UChicago scholars argued a controversial idea: Western civilization had its roots in the ancient Middle East—not in Greece or Rome. Today, scholars at the OI and across the University ...

Current political and economic issues succinctly explained. The United States maintains a considerable military presence in the Middle East, with forces in more than a dozen countries and on ships ...

The ancient genomic sequences, which were pulled from bones of the inner ear, indicated that the Levant farmers and the Zagros farmers likely mixed in eastern ...