Human children don’t get kneecap bones until they’re around three years old.

Human children don’t get kneecap bones until they’re around three years old.

Mitesh Patel

17, June, 19

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As Torech noted on Reddit, it takes a while for children to get kneecaps. That part of the skeleton is called the patella. It starts out as cartilage and then ossifies into the bone at around toddler age. 

Source: https://www.insider.com/true-facts-that-sound-fake-2017-8#human-children-dont-get-kneecap-bones-until-theyre-around-three-years-old-6