Human

Humans or Men (initially called Atani) were one of several races inhabiting .

They are the humans of Modern-Earth and the second of the children of Children of Ilúvatar.

Origins
The race of Men was the second significant race of beings created by the supreme God, Ilúvatar, since they awoke at the start of the First Age, at the first rising of the Sun, while the Elves awoke three Ages before them. They were called the "Afterborn" (Quenya: Atani, Sindarin: Edain) by the Elves.

Humans bear the Gift of Men, which is mortality, and therefore they age and die when their time comes, and are susceptible to illness and disease. Elves are immortal, in the sense that they are not susceptible to aging and disease. Even if their bodies are slain, their spirits will remain bound to the world for as long as it lasts, and pass to the Halls of Mandos to wait until they are released or the world ends.

Terms
The Elves called the race of Men (in Quenya) Atani, meaning "Second People", but also Hildor (Aftercomers), and Fírimar (Mortals) or Engwar (the sickly). They were also called the Usurpers, the Strangers, the inscrutable, the Self-cursed, the Heavyhanded, the Nightfearers and the Children of the Sun. The name Atani became Edain in Sindarin, but this term was later applied only to those Men who were friendly to the Elves.