• Question: why do females have more ribs then men????

    Asked by lozzapotter2011 to Amelia, Jim, Liz, Prateek, Richard on 21 Jun 2011.
    • Photo: Jim Caryl

      Jim Caryl answered on 20 Jun 2011:

      They don’t! Males and females have the same. I think this idea comes from the first book of the bible, Genesis, where it is stated that god used one of Adam’s ribs to create Eve, which I presume people think leaves Adam short of one. This is is clearly not correct.

    • Photo: Amelia Markey

      Amelia Markey answered on 21 Jun 2011:

      Yep Jim’s right on this one 🙂

      However…..apparently about 1 in 200-500 people have an additional cervical rib, and there is a female predominance (more likely to occur in women than men).

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