2006-10-13 23:58:59 · 32 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
yes... as an adult.. 206
women and men both have 12 sets of ribs.. anyone who tells you otherwise is plain wrong and is misinforming you.
2006-10-14 00:00:57 · answer #1 · answered by ? 2 · 3⤊ 1⤋
An adult human usually has 206 bones, no matter the gender, but a baby has about 270. As mentioned above, the bones fuse as a person ages. That process is usually complete by age 14. Men and women both have 12 pairs of ribs, and ribs can regenerate when removed. As a result, there is no physical characteristic of human skeletons that reflects the story of Genesis. To state it completely unequivocally: a man has neither one fewer pair of ribs than a woman, nor an unpaired rib. Men and women have the exact same number and arrangement of ribs.
There are some differences between male and female skeletons, but they are not related to the number of bones. Still, men have longer and thicker limbs (arms and legs) and digits (fingers and toes), wider rib cages, and larger teeth. The pelvis also has a significantly different shape between the genders.
2006-10-14 00:10:25 · answer #2 · answered by DavidK93 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Too much generalising here! I would say that Yes, usually men and women have the same number of bones - but how about all the interbreeding that goes on in certain areas? People with six fingers for a start! Do they lose bones from other areas to create the extra finger?
We are all different!
2006-10-14 00:24:57 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Men and women both have the same number of bones. The confusion over the ribs is that some pople have one or two more sets of what are termed floating ribs than others.
2006-10-14 10:16:34 · answer #4 · answered by Andrew W 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes men and women have the same amount of bones...
EXCEPT.. skinny woman (or perhaps some men?) who have their lower ribs removed... and australian aboriginals who have evolved an extra bone in their ankles so squating (to sit that is) for long periods of time is more comfortable.
2006-10-15 01:31:29 · answer #5 · answered by blue_cabbage 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No woman and man have the same number of bones.A typical adult human skeleton consists of the following 206 bones, though a small portion of the human population have an extra bone, occurring in the form of an extra rib. (Numbers in bold refer to the diagram at right.) that's the only difference
2006-10-14 01:39:05 · answer #6 · answered by slammingr 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Excluding deformities/mutations, men and women will have the same number of bones. In an adult human that would be 206.
2006-10-15 14:18:36 · answer #7 · answered by Sean P 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Men and women have the same amount of ribs. Just 'cause God took Adam's rib, doesn't mean all men are born with one less rib. The Bible doesn't say that, either. Old wive's tale. [ the missing rib part - not the Bible story! ]
2016-03-18 09:30:45 · answer #8 · answered by Barbara 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
both start to differ from 269 bones each and reach to 206 finally .In the course men have less bones then woman looses faster.
2006-10-14 01:16:30 · answer #9 · answered by deepak57 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
YES
There is a myth that men and women have a different number of ribs, but that is false
And is also proof that the Bible is just a fairy story
2006-10-14 00:01:01 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
The same number. No difference
2006-10-14 01:18:25 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋