An adult human has a skeleton of 206 bones.
In 1985, Chinese scientists conducted a study on adult human bone structure.
The results of the study showed that the difference lies in the 5th toe. Accordingly, the 5th toe of the Asian group mentioned above has only 2 bones, while Europeans have 3 bones.
By 1995, Japanese scientists conducted a survey observing the feet of nearly 1,000 Asian people.
After that, a group of British scientists expanded the scope of the survey.
Combined with the results of analyzing the feet of 4,632 British people, they found that 21 people (equivalent to 0.45%) of them had 2 bones in the third toe;
In fact, it is an incredible fact that newborn babies have significantly more bones than adults.
This is because many of the child’s bones will fuse together, meaning the actual number of bones will decrease.
Subsequently, bone growth in children occurs at the ends of many bones, where growth plates are located.
Scientists say the fact that some adults have only 204 bones does not affect walking or activity.
*The article is compiled with information from INF and Vocal.
