They have been around since the first sentient beings, all sentient beings have fears. Although, they weren't known as "Phobia's" until the late greek period, all phobia names are greek as "Phobia" is greek for fear and the beginning word (Eg necro for fear of death) is greek for whatever the fear is of (so "Necro" means death in Greek)
There have been phobias of pie in many countries.
Advances in neuroimaging have also led researchers to identify certain parts of the brain and specific neural pathways that are associated with phobias.
how long has deforestation been around
As long as guns have been around.
The phobia of phobias is Phobophobia.
how long has the london eye been around for
As long as So Random has been around.
There are very weird phobias, like levophobia, fear of things on the left side of the body. Or Hippopotomonostrosesquipedaliaphobia, or fear of long words. If you go to www.phobialist.com, you'll find hundreds of them. I recently wrote a 10 page paper on phobias, and this website was my main source.
Phobia Being scared of things Such as Bannaphoia
The link below a lists of all different phobias from A to Z. There is a site called Phobialist that has a long list of phobias that people can suffer from. The website Fearintofreedom also has a list as well as information about overcoming phobias.
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how long have boxing been around?