Original: Around the same time , J. B. S. Haldane suggested that the Earth 's pre-biotic oceans -- very different from their modern counterparts -- would have formed a '' hot dilute soup '' in which organic compounds could have formed .
Simplified: Around the same time J. B. S. Haldane also suggested that the Earth 's pre-biotic oceans , which were very different from what oceans are now , would have formed a '' hot dilute soup '' .