I don't know, because my eyes kind of glazed over as this review explained all the rules for Dominant Species.
It doesn't exactly look elegant in its implementation — it's more for hardcore board-gamers than a family fun night, if you ask me — but at least it seems to be taking an ecosystem approach to modeling evolution which is far different than the usual 'battling individuals' concept you usually see in games.
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