Multiple choice general knowledge science & technology

Babies are born with 300 bones, but by adulthood we have only 206 in our bodies

  1. True

  2. False

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A Correct answer
Explanation

This statement is approximately correct. Babies are born with about 270-300 bones (some counts vary due to sutures), but many bones fuse together during growth. By adulthood, humans typically have 206 distinct bones as separate bones in the skull, spine, pelvis, and elsewhere fuse together.