EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -A baby’s body has about 300 bones at birth. These eventually fuse (grow together) to form the 206 bones that adults have.

Detailed explanation-2: -The baby skeleton has more bones and cartilages. During development many of these cartilages become bones by the process called ossification and some bones fuse to form a bigger bone reducing the number of bones to 206. Q. Babies have about 300 bones while adults have only 206.

Detailed explanation-3: -As babies grow, some of their bones fuse to become one. A baby has more bones than an adult because bones begin to fuse as humans grow into the adults.

Detailed explanation-4: -There are typically around 270 bones in human infants, which fuse to become 206 to 213 bones in the human adult. The reason for the variability in the number of bones is because some humans may have a varying number of ribs, vertebrae, and digits.

Detailed explanation-5: -Babies have more bones than adults because as they grow up, some of the bones fuse together to form one bone. This is because babies have more cartilage than bone. New born babies have around 305 bones.