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I always saw it as other species being a bit frightened about humans and their potential. Just like in D&D - the first take is that the human is the generic baseline and all the other races are cooler because they have different special abilities. Then you realize that being generic means you can go any direction and still have the other abilities, just not top level. Humans are OP because they are so versatile. Add in emotions and irrational behavior, and other species would rather just be on good terms with us, even if they find us distasteful. Don't poke the humans.
"They irradiated their own planet?"
In D&D, Humans are overpowered because of the free feat at level 1.
Yeah, D&D humans may not be as fast, strong, or smart as the other races, but they make up for it by being really good at learning things. Depending on edition, that extra feat might be supplemented with extra skill training. If you're going to multiclass, humans are almost always the race to do it with.