(2014) identified Western Hunter-Gatherers (WHG) as a distinct ancestral component. They were found to have contributed ancestry to all modern Europeans, including Early European Farmers (EEF), who were, however, mostly of Anatolian descent. They suggested that WHGs separated from eastern Eurasians around 40,000 BP, and from Ancient North Eurasians (ANE) around 24,000 BP.[3]