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Melanin. The dye in everyone's skin; which if you have a lot, you're called black ... and if you're only got a little, you're called white (neither of which is ever true - we're all shades of brown)

acts as a sun-blocker. (That's what it was designed for.)

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Q: Why do darker skinned people not burn as easy as pale people?
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