1.0Gizmodo Australiahttps://gizmodo.com.auGizmodo Internationalhttps://gizmodo.com.au/author/gizmodointernational/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="jnhYsw85rQ"><a href="https://gizmodo.com.au/2018/09/extraordinary-evidence-suggests-558-million-year-old-fossil-is-the-oldest-known-animal-on-the-planet/">Extraordinary Evidence Suggests 558-Million-Year-Old Fossil Is The Oldest Known Animal On The Planet</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://gizmodo.com.au/2018/09/extraordinary-evidence-suggests-558-million-year-old-fossil-is-the-oldest-known-animal-on-the-planet/embed/#?secret=jnhYsw85rQ" width="600" height="338" title="“Extraordinary Evidence Suggests 558-Million-Year-Old Fossil Is The Oldest Known Animal On The Planet” — Gizmodo Australia" data-secret="jnhYsw85rQ" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> https://gizmodo.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/21/enbnbyko4z1zw6awtbz4-scaled.jpg?quality=7525601440An international team of researchers is claiming to have discovered traces of cholesterol on a fossil of Dickinsonia — a mysterious creature that lived during the primordial Ediacaran Period. This evidence, the researchers say, makes Dickinsonia the oldest known animal in the fossil record. But the discovery is not without its critics, who say the […]