Quickcheck: Is it true that adults have more bones than babies?

By SYAUQI JAMIL

TODAY'S child is tomorrow's adult.

It would make perfect sense for the older version of a human being to have more in them, including bones, as opposed to an infant, right?

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QuickCheck , True or Not , StarVerified , Health , Science , Babies , Bones

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