Pediatric Plastic Surgery Converts Cartilage Into Pair Of Ears

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In the Old Testament, Adam’s rib bone becomes the building block for the human race when Eve is created from it. Surgeons at a London hospital created a modern miracle themselves by developing a pair of ears for a young boy who was born with Microtia. They used cartilage from eight of his ribs and shaped it into ears, according to the BBC News story on the procedure.

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