Scientific explanation on how females have more ribs than males. ?

Question

please, NO FLAMING. That means that i don't want a religious person to yell at me and call me ignorant. also i think it cant be explained scientifically. but that just my opinion.

Answer 1

we have the same number of ribs.

Answer 2

I thought it was Aristotle who said that women had more teeth than men...It's surprising that he would say that, even though he had 3 wives!

Answer 3

They have exactly the same amount of ribs (barring a genetic fluke.) You are not the only person to thnk this,however,which shows how much biblical myth has affected us.

Answer 4

I think the symbol in the Bible is that what is taken from Adam was given to Eve. Spell rib backward and that is what Eve has that Adam doesn't.

Answer 5

Humans, man and female have the same number of ribs.

"Twelve pairs of flexible, archlike ribs form the lateral portions of the thoracic cage. They increase in length from the first to the seventh and then decrease again from the eighth to the twelfth.

(Weinreb, E. L.  1984.  Anatomy and Physiology.  Addison Wesley Publ. Co., Inc.  Menlo Park, CA.  p. 345.)"

See the link for x-rays