Men have fewer ribs than women (Talk.Origins)

Claim CB381:

As related in Genesis 2, Eve was created from one of Adam's ribs. As a consequence, men have one fewer set of ribs than women do.

Source:
 * reported by Root-Bernstein, 1995.

CreationWiki response:

CORRECT, men and women do have the same number of ribs. This claim is bogus; it is not a Creationist claim.
 * 1) Note: Talk Origins source is not a creationist source, and is based on a comment by one student who did not know what she was talking about.
 * 2) This claim is popular with dishonest skeptics of creation science, not with Creationists. Creationists have long pointed out the error of this so-called claim, and even warn against its use.

Talk Origins' statement is baseless speculation.

It is not necessary to assume that the removed bone remained missing. In fact, if a rib is removed, leaving the periosteum intact, that rib grows back. Not only does this make the rib an ideal bone for such a procedure as God performed in Genesis 2:21-23, but it means that even Adam would have gone through life without a defect.
 * Reference: Regenerating ribs