Silmarillion - Chapter 12 - Of Men

[Raynor]

Originally Posted by Aiwendil

In the outlines for this revised form of the mythology, the awakening of Men was to take place far earlier than it does in the Silmarillion.

However, in another essay from Myths Transformed, it is also stated:

Originally Posted by Orcs

For though the time of the awakening of Men is not known, even the calculations of the loremasters that place it earliest do not assign it a date long before the Great March began, certainly not long enough before it to allow for the corruption of Men into Orcs.