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[-] alphapuggle@programming.dev 28 points 2 years ago

There are more people out there that are missing bones than those who have excess. Therefore , the average human does not have enough bones to make a full skeleton (the median would).

[-] CaptainBlagbird@lemmy.world 20 points 2 years ago

But there are also ~~pergerante~~ pregnant women, which raise the number of bones inside a person ๐Ÿค”

[-] neo@feddit.de 6 points 2 years ago

There are about 130,000,000 birth's per year. Assuming a word population of 8 billion and that an unborn baby has all its bones for 7/12 months, this increases the average number of bones inside humans by ~1%.

This would compensate 10% of the population, missing 10% of their bones. If you assume only 3.5/12 months, it's still 10% missing 5%.

If that is correct, I would assume that the OP is correct, too.

[-] walter_wiggles 5 points 2 years ago
[-] Huschke@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

There is also the issue of what an "entire skeleton" is in this context. Is a baby's head on an adult's ribcage considered OK or does it have to be an adult head?

[-] ignotum@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago
[-] jak@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago

Also, babies have more bones

[-] candybrie@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

The measure of average will often be the median when talking about the average person.

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