A Real Trivia Question: Who has more bones, a human baby or a human adult?

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The above is in reference to kae's answer.

Answer 1

Baby

Answer 2

We all have the same amount, but an adult human has more true bones. As a baby grows, true, the bones become fused together. But a baby's bone structure is primarily cartiledge. The cartiledge turns to bone as the baby grows. The reasoning for this is so that it will be flexible as the young one learns to have a full range of movement. It keeps bones from breaking due to lack of coordination. Also, it helps with birthing. As one gets older, bones harden in a process called calcification.

To all those who pointed out the skull thing: The human skull is still divided into those separate bones even though it's fused. The skull has clear markings where the divisions are. They are still, in scientific communities, separately named.

Answer 3

Baby

Answer 4

a baby. because many of the bones in the head etc. have not yet grown and fused together. In an adult the skull is one bone. In a baby it is made up of 3 (i think) separate bone plates.

Answer 5

Human baby. Smaller bones merge into larger ones as the baby grows.

Answer 6

Human baby

Answer 7

Ummm... a baby. The bones in the skull fuse together as they grow.

Answer 8

I'll go with baby, because they have bones that while they are separate at birth, later fuse together.... so that would be more until they become adult?

Answer 9

the baby

a baby's skull is made of more than one piece of bone, but as it ages those pieces fuse together to make just one bone.

Answer 10

A bay has more bones than an adult. But babies don't have knee caps! (patallae)