I read in !emc-pstc that Chris Maxwell <chris.maxw...@nettest.com> wrote
(in <83d652574e7af740873674f9fc12dbaaf7e...@utexh1w2.gnnettest.com>)
about 'Heat Sink Colour.' on Mon, 12 May 2003:
>We radiate heat through our skin, not our clothes.  

We don't cool by radiation much, but by evaporation of perspiration.

>Dark skin radiates better, 
>hence the dark coloring of people with African ancestry.

The dark skin is more for protection against UV. 
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