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[General Fantasy] How come humans are the dominant species in just about every fantasy world despite the existence of other sapient species?

Not counting fantasy settings where only humans exist it’s something I’ve always found weird that when humans share a world with other sapient species it’s somehow humans that dominant everything? How humans have numerous kingdoms and empires while everyone else is relegated to just a handful of cities or a single kingdom each? And with urban fantasy where supernatural beings are forced to hide from humans and where somehow driven into hiding by them. 

How humans rose to become so powerful and prominent in a world with other, much more powerful species just doesn’t make that much sense to me. Especially with humans traditionally being portrayed as just average, no special powers or abilities to speak of other then the “adaptable and fast breeding” that’s often slapped onto them. And other fantasy races being portrayed as being superior to humans in most aspects, like elves and their superior magic and lifespan. Dwarves superior technology and strength. Orcs and goblins superior strength, aggression and even faster reproductive rate. Supernaturals like witch’s, vampires and shapeshifters all having magical abilities and strength above that of any human. 

Aside from the meta reason of “the author and reader are human” to explain all this human favoritism in fantasy? How humans somehow don’t get conquered or destroyed by everyone else and somehow become the dominant species?
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Humans have a natural drive to explore, expand and dominate their surroundings. Basically while the elves are bound to their forest and the dwarfs to their montain the humans are willing to establish themselves everywere. 

Basically humans have a very good fertility rate, the ability to produce tech and sometime magic, they can be just as violent and aggressive as any orks.