How many bones?

This is just a simple fact which people don't usually care to remember, but hey do you know how many bones are there in your entire body?
At the time of birth, a baby has more than three hundred and fifty bones inside the body. That is quite a lot, don't you think? However, when the baby starts to grow, the bones become lesser. Where did it go?

With the passage of time as one grows some of the bones join together. A fully grown adult has approximately two hundred and eight bones. Nearly half of the total number of bones in a human body are located in the hands, wrists, feet and the ankles.