There was a time, not so long ago, when biologists swore black and blue that quantum mechanics could play no role in the hot, wet systems of life Seems an odd

There was a time, not so long ago, when biologists swore black and blue that quantum mechanics could play no role in the hot, wet systems of life Seems an odd thing to declare. Quantum mechanics is part of reality. Why would evolving things not eventually mutate to utilize aspects of reality -- especially those that operate at the atomic level?