Question: do new born babys have more bones than a full grown adult.

Asked by izirox to DJ, Kyler, Mia, Mick, Peter on 2 Sep 2013.

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  1. Photo: Peter PerryPeter Perry
    answered on 2 Sep 2013:

    Yes, because some of the bones will fuse together as they get older.

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  2. Photo: David JefferyDavid Jeffery
    answered on 2 Sep 2013:

    To expand Peter’s answer a little, I know at the least that skull bones need to fuse in a baby to become one single skull bone in an older child. There are also bones in the spine, feet and hands which fuse as a baby grows.

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  3. Photo: Mia CobbMia Cobb
    answered on 2 Sep 2013:

    There are 206 bones in the human skeleton. However, we were born with closer to 300. The difference in the number is a result of bones fusing together.

    See more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_skeleton

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