A newborn baby has more bones than an adult

At birth a newborn baby has over 300 bones, whereas on average an adult human has 206 bones. The difference comes from a number of small bones that fuse together during growth, such as the sacrum and coccyx of the vertebral column.
The numbers are averages, since the actual amount of bones in a human body can vary per person(!).

Source: Wikipedia

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