The Adam and Eve myth didn't change your rib count
Despite what centuries of poorly interpreted Sunday school lessons might have suggested, men did not permanently lose a rib to create women. Both biological sexes have exactly 12 pairs of ribs, totaling 24. While about 1 in 500 people are born with a 'cervical rib' (an extra one near the neck), this anomaly happens equally across both genders. Your skeleton is wonderfully standard.

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