[petuniasevan]

Very possible indeed that the figure is a representation of the constellation Orion.

Its constituent stars would have been in almost exactly the same arrangement as they are today.

That's a function of their relative distance (all are several hundred light-years away). Constellations with nearby stars have changed their patterns, sometimes quite noticeably, over millennia.

BTW, Orion is the most recognizable constellation. See it any (clear of course) night from mid-August (just before morning twilight in the east) to mid April (just after evening twilight in the west) at mid-northern latitudes.

[RightWhale]

Orion is just visible climbing over the southern horizon. Sirius is not, it's below the horizon. Anyway, Orion is always standing up tall at this latitude in winter. A dominant constellation.

[Flint]

Very possible indeed that the figure is a representation of the constellation Orion.

It is also very possible that some 13 year old kid was stuck in the cave on a rainy day and wittled a picture on a bone scrap. The 86 marks on the back could be the number of times that his mother told him to take the garbage out.

I get a great kick out of the "experts" devining what was on someone's mind 32,000 years ago.