Ah, a very good question.
1) All the elves left.
2) Dwarves bred into the human race; hence modern-day "little people."
3) Something happens which makes men stupid and scattered about Earth.
4) Eventually, new civilizations rise.
5) We are born.
All that took about 9000 years. We are now in the Seventh Age.
Oh yeah....hobbits are still around in Britain, but they're all hiding. Waiting for the revolution or something....
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