Go Figure

3,769 Amazon sales rank last Friday of The Natural History of the Rich, by Richard Conniff, which says the mannerisms of the well-heeled mirror those of dominant monkeys. Conniff’s explanation for rich women’s “air kisses”: “Originally, animals would be leaning in, and they’d be picking things out of another animal’s hair and making that kind of a lip-smacking gesture. That became a way of saying, ‘I’m your friend. I want to groom you. I’m not going to hurt you.’