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Babies are born with about 300 bones, but grown-ups have only 206.

Babies are born with about 300 bones, but grown-ups have only 206.

As you grow, some soft, separate baby bones slowly fuse — join together — into single, stronger bones, for example in the skull and the spine. That's why adults end up with fewer bones than babies.

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