The phrase "and the descent of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a decline, fall, or reduction in a particular context, such as in literature, history, or science.
Example: "The novel explores themes of power and the descent of civilization into chaos."
Alternatives: "and the decline of" or "and the fall of".
The result was increased US spending and the descent of measured household savings into negative territory.
THE WAR OF THE WORLD: Twentieth-Century Conflict and the Descent of the West.
The show combines film, installation, theatre and music to chart the sinister underbelly of Americana and the descent of the American dream into nightmare.
Goodell remains, after months of proclamations and appeals and the descent of Paul Tagliabue from Mount Olympus, the great punching bag in the Saints' bounty mess.
He became a follower of Charles Darwin and translated into Danish both On the Origin of Species, in 1871 73, and The Descent of Man, in 1874.
Charles Darwin correctly deduced its role, first in the insects and then in human beings — respectively in "On the Origin of Species" and "The Descent of Man".
Darwin added, however, that it was also 'the highest and most interesting problem for the naturalist', and in The Descent of Man, published 12 years after the Origin, he discussed human evolution in great detail.
He devoted considerable attention in both the Origin and in the Descent of Man to animal behavior, with the obvious goal of demonstrating mental continuity among the species.
"It's case of sexual selection in action," he says, "a topic much discussed by Darwin in both the Origin [of the Species] and in The Descent of Man".
We looked for co-association of CXCR6 expression and ABCG2 expression with MCSC activity and evidence for the descent of melanoma CSCs from TSSCs.
His aim was to create a synthesis between the ascents of cross-country and the descents of downhill – a true all-mountain discipline.
