why is melanin dark?

Subject: why is melanin dark?

Date: Wed Mar 8 09:57:02 2000
Posted by shama khan
Grade level: 10-12 School: chatham grammar school for girls
City: gillingham State/Province: kent Country: england
Area of science: Evolution
ID: 952531022.Ev

Message:


it seems illogical as the darker something is the more radiation it 
absorbs.  so why hasn't it evolved to be white so it reflects the 
radiation?

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